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Two found guilty of fraud after UK’s longest criminal trial

May 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A husband and wife have been found guilty of fraud after the longest trial in UK criminal history. Edwin McLaren, from Quarriers Village in Renfrewshire, was found guilty of property fraud totalling about £1.6m. The […]

Trayvon Martin awarded honorary degree at Florida Memorial University

May 15, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by WFOR via CNN MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – (WFOR/CNN) – Florida Memorial University on Saturday awarded an honorary degree to slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Martin’s parents attended the ceremony and accepted the teenager’s degree in […]

As terror-related cases surge in Malaysia, families cry foul

May 15, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Melissa Goh KUALA LUMPUR: In a stuffy corridor at the Duta court complex in Kuala Lumpur, 62-year-old Ramlah sits quietly on a bench. Her 4-year-old grandson sleeps soundly next to her, worn out from […]

Brooklyn man jailed for 1980 murder seeks new trial after learning he was arrested by mob cop

May 15, 2017 zoshinuk 0

BY Rocco Parascandola A Brooklyn man doing 25 years to life for the murder of a cabbie says he suffered in silence — and innocence — until he found out the detective who busted him […]

US law boss Sessions orders harsher criminal sentencing

May 13, 2017 zoshinuk 0

The US attorney general has ordered federal prosecutors to seek harsher criminal sentencing, undoing an Obama-era policy to ease prison overcrowding. In a two-page memo, Jeff Sessions instructed US attorneys to “charge and pursue the […]

Ex-congresswoman guilty of soliciting scholarship donations for ‘slush fund’

May 12, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Former U.S. congresswoman Corrine Brown has been convicted of fraudulently soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarship donations that, prosecutors say, she used for a personal “slush fund.” Brown, a Florida Democrat who served […]

Man jailed for life after pouring paint down his girlfriend’s throat and burning her alive

May 12, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Georgia Diebelius A man has been jailed for life after he battered his girlfriend with an iron, poured paint down her throat and burnt her alive. Anthony Porter, 33, murdered Andraya Lyons, 38, after […]

Protests outside court as 29 people are told they face trial for rape and exploitation of children

May 12, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Richard Hartley-Parkinson Twenty nine people facing a total of more than 170 charges relating to the sexual exploitation of 18 children will go on trial next year in three separate groups, a judge has […]

China human rights lawyer Xie Yang ‘admits being brainwashed’

May 11, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A Chinese court says a prominent human rights lawyer, Xie Yang, has admitted being “brainwashed” overseas at his trial for inciting subversion. It released transcripts in which he says he was trained in Hong Kong […]

Sir James Dyson wins vacuum cleaners appeal at European Court

May 11, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Sir James Dyson has won his appeal over a case that argues European suction tests favour his competitors’ vacuum cleaners. In 2015, he lost a major legal battle in his bid to prove the tests […]

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Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

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Two found guilty of fraud after UK’s longest criminal trial

Trayvon Martin awarded honorary degree at Florida Memorial University

As terror-related cases surge in Malaysia, families cry foul

Brooklyn man jailed for 1980 murder seeks new trial after learning he was arrested by mob cop

US law boss Sessions orders harsher criminal sentencing

Ex-congresswoman guilty of soliciting scholarship donations for ‘slush fund’

Man jailed for life after pouring paint down his girlfriend’s throat and burning her alive

Protests outside court as 29 people are told they face trial for rape and exploitation of children

China human rights lawyer Xie Yang ‘admits being brainwashed’

Sir James Dyson wins vacuum cleaners appeal at European Court